Sarah Palin still a tourist draw for Alaska and her hometown
By Becky Bohrer, APWednesday, July 21, 2010
Palin still a draw for hometown, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — A year after Sarah Palin’s abrupt resignation as Alaska governor, interest in her and the small town she put on the map hasn’t gone away.
While it’s not at the fever pitch it reached during Palin’s run for vice president, there remains a steady stream of pilgrims to Wasilla.
At least one tour company builds old Palin haunts into a trip that includes a musk ox farm visit.
Tour guide Barbara Adams says she generally drives between 12 and 24 tourists a week around town, stopping at places like city hall, Palin’s old high school and the house she grew up in. Palin’s current home is viewed from a respectful distance across Lake Lucille.
In Juneau, the occasional tourist stills ask about her on tours of the Capitol or visits to the governor’s mansion.
